Did you not have parents?
Do your bullies not have parents?
Do you think they would still bully you if you took it as far as getting parents and the school administration involved?
Sure afterwards everyone would call you a loser and see you as a "sell out", but they didn't like you anyways and saw you as a user anyways, you getting parents involved would have put everyone in their place and remind them that they don't have any real power
Getting the principal involved too along with the parents, would have made expulsion a possibility too, which would make it even more likely they wouldn't fuck with you, after you are known as the guy to go to peoples parents, nobody would fuck with you again
I never understood why nobody ever just does that, I never got bullied because I had an older brother at school though. Some guys did try some shit, but the moment you threaten to tell, people back off, you won't be seen as "cool" afterwards but again, these people would never have saw you as cool anyways
I feel like a lot of people never go through with it because they cling to some cope that "one day I can be popular, if I did this it would ruin my chances forever"
Just fuck these bullies lives up by getting their parents and the school board involved, make your personal issue into a "school issue", threaten that your parents may have to make this a legal issue where the school is liable for the abuse you received, etc. (This is the tactic for the schools that like to "look the other way", they can't ignore a possible lawsuit, even of the bully is a "start player" on the school sports team)
I know as a young child you probably wouldn't even think of these things, but if you had went to your parents about it, then they probably would have taken it that far, they would have went to the school about it